2 America Square London EC3N 2LU
Approved on 19 September 2017
Delegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Change of use of ancillary car parking (class B1) to a flexible use of either Class A1 or Class D1 or Class D2 use and associated works including improvements to landscaping and improved public access.
- Received
- 14 July 2017
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 4
- Council
- City of London Corporation
- Ward
- Tower
- ReceivedReceived14 Jul
- ValidatedValidated26 Jul
- Consult.Consultation13 Oct
- TargetTarget Date20 Sep
- DecidedDecided19 Sep
Decided in 55 days (council typically 77)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 2 America Square London EC3N 2LU. City of London has handled 1,140 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 days, 10 days quicker than City of London's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 152 applications across Tower. We hold 461 applications in total for the EC3N postcode area.
98% of full applications at City of London Corporation were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 11 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- EC3N 2LU
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- America Square, 2
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 26 July 2017
- Consultation expiry
- 13 October 2017
- Consultation start
- 22 September 2017
- Consultation end
- 13 October 2017
- Last date for comments
- 13 October 2017
- Target decision date
- 20 September 2017
- Committee meeting
- 19 September 2017
- Permission expires
- 19 September 2020
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Montagu Evans
- Agent address
- Attn: Ms Jade Wong 5 Bolton Street London W1J 8BA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 8 August 2017
- Advertisement expiry
- 29 August 2017
- Site notice start
- 3 August 2017
- Site notice end
- 24 August 2017
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-06208117
- Documents
- 17
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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